I sucked it a long breath and started my usual chant in my head. I will be fine. I will be fine. I will be fine. He doesn’t scare me. He doesn’t scare me. He doesn’t scare me.Alice froze when she spotted them. Frederick wasn’t there but his aura lingered. Luke Carter and Easton Hudson were both waiting for us. They had their backs against the trees, their eyes finding us immediately when we appeared.My gaze strayed to look for Frederick. Luke caught me looking. He smirked. “Your prince charming isn’t here, little human.”Luke was a mixture of brown shades, hair and eyes. His wolf was brown as well. He belonged to the Silvermoon pack and he was its future alpha.They both looked at me with contempt and at Alice with lust, which was why they licked their lips as they looked up and down. Their intention was obvious. My knife would come in handy.Alice’s arm tightened around my own, ushering me to leave but they blocked our path.“What do you think you’re doing?”“Ignore them, Alice. Th
I stopped struggling when Easton was pushed. His body was repulsed against the tree. I didn’t know what to feel.I didn’t know why but I was happy that he appeared for his sister. Luke was wrong. Adolphus loved his sister too much to let her rot under the arms of a dumb werewolf.Adolphus threw me a glare. It was enough to make me understand he loathed me. Maybe because I was human. There was no reason for him to hate him but I had a thousand reasons.I could imagine him waiting for my death, in his little cell, waiting for Nialliv to open his cell and send him into the wild.I can still imagine him in another position; taking his sister and leaving me back to find a way out myself.Still, I had one rule: I’d be my own superhero. No one would humiliate me by offering me a fake hand.But the more I stared into his glaring eyes, my earlier thoughts and hatred faded slowly, shrinking to the back of my mind as my heartbeat drummed in my ears and throat.He turned towards Easton and I was
I knew he was a big D.“When I told you to give me the necklace, you should have listened,” he tried to grab the necklace.It stuck between my breasts, still wondering if it should fall or not. In slow motions, his hand approached, getting closer the more my breathing accelerated.I’ve never seen this coming my way.I snatched the necklace, refusing to lose against him. I recovered and started glaring at him, almost hissing. I folded my arms again, promising in my mind I wouldn’t let him ruin my moment. This was my payment for what they did to us.If they keep thinking they have nothing to lose, they’ll keep bullying everyone.His fingers wrapped around my wrist and I watched it happen quickly, the one tightening around the necklace. Touching me felt weird. It wasn’t the first time a man would touch me but something happened. Tingle swapped between us.He felt it too.His left eye twitched briefly before he almost let go of me.Something in my belly twisted painfully when he tightene
First day at campus was ruined.Adolphus whipped his head back, looking at Frederick. Something flashed in his eyes. I was sure about it but I couldn’t understand what it was.He turned around, taking his time, as if he was making a show for someone. I stood, tying whatever knots I could make to close my ripped dress, silently on the sidelines. My gaze darted back and forth between Adolphus and Frederick. The tension in the air was palpable as they glared at each other with disdain, fighting a secret battle I wasn’t part of.“Freddy,” his tone was soft, as if they were friends but buried deep within it a sense of hostility. “You finally decided to come out of your den.”“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Frederick’s cool voice reached my ears, also acting.I could see that whatever they felt, it was mutual. Their glares reached a boiling point. While Adolphus was ready to provoke his opponent more, Frederick looked like he’d jump on him any moment.Adolphus’ tall imposing figur
I checked my tattoo repeatedly, expecting it to disappear by some kind of miracle, but it didn’t.“Where did this come from?” I sighed.I didn’t know where it came from or how it appeared, nor why that jerk was interested in it. He had to chase me until I got to my apartment, spent and feeling like shit. I couldn’t believe he enjoyed it. At this point, everyone had a problem with me, even when I didn’t do anything to them.I decided yesterday didn’t happen and I would start a new day, with no worries and a normal one.I had to come out early so I could get to the campus. Everyone had their own wolves to rely on or parents’ cars. I had my poor legs and my determination.When I opened my door, I found a face I didn’t wish to see. She was clingy. Too much. Why was she doing all that? It wasn’t like I saved her life or anything.Moreover, standing next to her made me feel pale. I considered myself beautiful but she was on top of me, crushing me with her soft attitude I would never be able
I frowned. Luke Carter loomed over me, like a haunting shadow. For a few seconds, I thought he’d raise his hand and try to slap me. The problem was: I couldn’t help but provoke him with my smirk. He healed and he was furious. If it was me, I’d walk around with cuts and a blue eye till the end of the month. My gaze bounced from him to the rest of the class. They were waiting for drama, especially when it was an outsider like me. “Something of yours?” I shook my head, recalling the necklace. “I don’t what you’re talking about,” I slammed my right fist against my left palm. “Ah! I remember. Your dignity, right?” I didn’t know why I used this word when the bastard Adolphus used it but it felt nice. He didn’t deserve my respect, not after what he did. Frederick’s minions!!! I looked around, searching for Frederick. He was always around when one of his minions acted. I was startled when he slammed his hands again. “You know what I am talking about,” he snapped. “I’m sure you’re thinki
This was my loss.I lost this time but I wouldn’t lose the next time.All of them were raised to think they were above everyone else. Those jerks! Why wouldn’t they leave me alone?No matter what I did this time, I couldn’t fix my dress. If this continued, I wouldn’t even have anything to wear. It wasn’t my responsibility to buy what I didn’t ruin, but it seemed I wouldn’t have any choice.“Ebony?”If they got into trouble, they’d slip away like skaters on ice. I remember something similar happening before. It was when Alice died. Obviously, she was murdered but all the packs made it seem like she ended her own life.I didn’t want to save her.I am sure she’ll turn her back on me the first moment she’ll think I am her enemy. I don’t want to live it again, all the disappointment, the betrayal. I trusted Nialliv, a lot. But the betrayal cut me deep. Each time I see her or I see a silhouette that resembles her, my heart aches.Now, whether I like it or not, I was stuck in a terrible posi
Another person who wanted to be my friend. Did I become a celebrity already?The first thought I had was: this was damn suspicious. And yet, I didn’t let her handshake to waste, because another thought came to my mind.If I became someone’s friend, I doubted Alice would stick around. She’d be hurt but she would move on and I would be free. I could use this person until I discover her motives. It should be fun.I feel bad for this but it’s life.“Let’s become friends!” I grasped her hands, showing her my fake enthusiasm.“I am Eleanor Paisley. Call me Ellie. This is Nicole and Chloe. They are both my friends,” her lackeys. “I bet we’ll be great friends.”I was tempted to ask her why she got close to me.“Yes, let’s be great friends! Hello Nicole! Hello Chloe.”They all had brown hair and blue eyes, matching outfits and bags. I wondered if it was their normal outfit or if it was required of them to wear those.Oh! Eleanor Paisley? Wasn’t she the daughter of the Beta of the Silvermoon Pa
Rayleigh laughed.“I am being serious here,” I pouted. “Grandpa left me with you because I requested so. I want to talk to you alone. It’s sad that Chronos isn’t around anymore but I think it’s for the better. Now, no one has to take meaningless responsibilities. I guess without them, everything will be peaceful.”“How do you know…?”I cut him off. “C’mon! You’re a smart man. You know there is no way a five years old child will talk like this. I’ve lived through two regressions and I’ve come back again as part of the plan, only this time, this is the final phase. We can’t lose.”“Ah! What happened? Why did Chronos disappear?”“My father was supposed to be the sacrifice. I don’t know why but unlike all the other Chronos sent, I am the only one who got to regress more than a decade. That’s why they left the burden to me. Since my father is still alive, I assume that Chronos took the hardest decision in his life. He chose to die and take the others with him. I don’t know if I should feel
EBONY’S POV:I opened my eyes early in the morning. I drank my milk and sat with my parents having breakfast. They laughed together and nothing reminded me of these moments. I have been waiting for my father’s heart attack for two weeks now and it didn’t happen.I checked my tattoo mark and it was there, just faint and impossible to notice.“Sweetie, do you want more milk? You’ve been sipping on your glass while it’s empty,” my mother said.Mom had long black hair and the palest, bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. They weren’t the normal typical blue. They were lighter and paler, as if they were diluted by white and became as blue as the sky early in the morning when the sun had finally settled in place.“Yes, mom.”And I was five.I couldn’t believe that it worked. My father was sitting there, wearing glasses and reading his early morning newspapers. Our house was small and it was full of magical artifacts. Maybe because I was five, I didn’t remember them. Or maybe because a lot happened af
FREDERICK’S POV:I stood outside, thinking about everything that happened to me, all the regressions, the people we lost. I’ve grown numb to all the deaths. As long as Adolphus was alive, there was always a chance to change the outcome.My final role was to kill him. For the regression to happen, he had to die after her.Now, whether we wanted it or not, things would never be the same. I would go back to the kid I was and Adolphus would go back to his old self too. To be honest, I was always jealous of how he had a choice in remembering or not.He got out of the underground cell built specifically for today.“You certainly put so much into this,” he said.“Of course. But this is where our role stops. No matter how much we want to influence things with our current memories, it won’t ever happen. We won’t remember anything.”“It’s true. But this is the price we have to pay if we want it to work. We only need to someone to warn them. They will do the rest. If it doesn’t work again, then
EBONY’S POV:I was sweating profusely. I would die. I would certainly die. For the second time. I knew this was coming but I didn’t expect it to be this soon. I was trying to make a plan to fix things but it seemed all the effort I spent on that was a waste.“Adolphus, please be gentle.”Adolphus was confused. “Aren’t you mad that I killed your father?”“I’m sure he wanted that. He didn’t play a big role in my life so it doesn’t matter. But can you untie me?”He didn’t untie me because Frederick was ready to shoot me. But thinking about it, didn’t he kill me before too? No, he said that Adolphus must have poisoned me so I was dying anywhere. But I didn’t cough blood, which meant it could be that I wasn’t poisoned.‘Don’t overthink. These jerks planned a lot that they won’t say. Well, since we have no choice, let’s just wait till they settle their score. Maybe they’ll fight.’“Wait a second, you look like shit. Did my father beat you that hard?”Adolphus shot me a glare.“Woah! My fath
ADOLPHUS’ POV:Instead of finding Frederick, I found her father. He was waiting for me in the middle of a clearing, playing with some cards. I shifted back to my human form.“You’re late,” he said. “I expected you to get here faster.”“Where is Ebony?”“With Frederick.”“Alright! I will go find her.”“I am afraid that you can’t do that,” he waved his hand and something shifted in the air. “You have to stay with me here. I want to fight you.”“What are you planning, both of you?” I growled. “She’s your daughter.”“I know.”“And you want to leave her alone.”“Frederick said that every time, you said the same words. That’s why the plan was for you to hate her but you still didn’t do that. He wanted you to hate her, to reject her while she wasn’t aware that you’re her mate. But it didn’t happen. I know why a part of phase 2 failed. When planning, no one thought of how my daughter is a variable.”“You won’t stop me.”I shifted and started running. He didn’t stop me. I thought he was all ta
I woke up in a cell. It was easy to recognize it because I’ve been there multiple times before. It reminded me of the torture I was subject to and how I suffered. I didn’t want to go back. And where was my father?The cell was dark. I couldn’t see anything. I tried to move my hands but they were tied. I was on a chair. I had to wait for a long time. I lost track of counting. Maybe it was the third time I reached one hundred.‘This is getting weird. We were with dad and then everything went black. Any idea?’Yeah, but I don’t wanna say it.‘Ammm… Yeah. Horrible. Dad is a jerk.’After what seemed like an eternity, the door opened. It was behind me and I finally caught sight of a lamp and a desk in front of me. Someone stepped inside. I felt him in my bones. Fucking Frederick.“Did you have to make my father into a jerk?”“He understands the consequences, don’t worry?”Frederick walked around and sat on a chair, not far from me.“How do you feel?”“Seriously? You’re asking me that? I fee
ADOLPHUS’ POV:When I saw a white wolf, I was confused. She was running and she didn’t care about the three that followed her. It intrigued me. And then, I felt my mark on her and knew it was my Ebony.I was stricken by how beautiful she was. She looked so free that it made me sad. She didn’t get to shift before and now, she felt how important it was.I didn’t want to overreact but I wanted her. Seeing her naked had only made me want her more. And then, there was her father. I was shocked. When Frederick said someone was telling her things, I didn’t expect it to be someone who was supposed to be dead.‘We gotta do it.’It’s hard to do it.‘We cannot run from this. We have to send her back and as quickly as possible. If she regresses to a time where everything can change, it will be better for all of us. It will undo everything.’But she will remember.‘It doesn’t look like she is suffering anymore. Look at her. She is happy. If she goes back, she will get what she lost and she’ll have
I was a wolf. I was running as fast as I could in the forest, forgetting everything that happened to me. It was so wholesome that I didn’t have to think about anything else. Nothing mattered but running.I felt freedom. Being one with the wind. For thirty years, I’ve never shifted once and here I was, running like a wolf. Nova was happy too. We were happy, ecstatic even. It was a feeling I’ve never felt before.I kept running and running, the wind over my fur but I didn’t feel cold. On the contrary, I felt complete. I finally had the chance to become what I was, a werewolf. We rolled in the grass, chased a few rabbits but didn’t catch them and howled. For the first time, I felt like a child.I didn’t care about anything else.I only stopped when the moon felt so wholesome. I stared at it for a while before I heard a laugh.When I saw who was laughing, I remembered my father, Brandon Wildknight.“Petra was white like you,” he said. When he stood next to me, I realized I was taller than
EBONY’S POV:I closed my eyes and waited for the blood to ooze from me but nothing happened. There was also the fact that I had to deal with a lot of pain. I laid on the ground and curled into a ball.There were a few more gunshots but I didn’t care. It was too much to handle. I hated pain. I hated everything that made me suffer. If this was how shifting worked, I didn’t want it.I heard a crack on my back and then a series of similar sounds followed, but it was slow. So slow that it put me into agony. I wished to sleep it off. Or maybe give my wolf control.Can you take over?‘I am. Why do you think it hurts? It’s because I am taking complete control. Your body is fighting it because you have Wildknight blood.’I felt a warm hand on my hair. It caressed me and then, I smelled something. It was like a smoke that made the pain fade. Slowly, I lost consciousness.Again, my wolf and I were sitting one next to the other. I was conscious of myself so it didn’t sound like a dream and it did